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Growing South African Bulbs: Learn About Bulbs From South Africa
Gardeners can choose from a huge and diverse variety of colorful, striking South African bulb varieties. Click here to learn more.
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Heirloom Flower Bulbs: What Are Heirloom Bulbs And How To Grow Them
Antique garden plants, such as heirloom flower bulbs, have become quite popular in the home garden. So what are heirloom bulbs and how are they different than your average flower bulb? Read here to find out.
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Interesting Bulb Designs – Creating Bed Patterns With Bulbs
Creating bulb patterns in the garden was once the hobby of the rich, but the affordability of most bulbs today opens this classic design concept up to gardeners of any economic tier. Take a look at the following article for some quick tips on using bulb patterns in the garden.
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Bulb Layering Ideas: Learn About Succession Planting With Bulbs
If you want a continuous swath of beautiful bulb color, then succession bulb planting is what you need to achieve. Succession planting with bulbs will yield a season-long display of flamboyant and bright flowers. Click this article for more information.
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What To Do With Offsets – Planting Small Shoots Growing From Bulbs
Bulbs can be propagated in several ways, but one of the easiest is through division. Those little shoots coming from a bulb indicate that the bulb is reproducing underground. For more information about small shoots from bulbs, click the following article.
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Hardy Spring Flowers: Cool Climate Bulbs For Spring Color
It's probably safe to say that all gardeners are waiting on pins and needles for the first bursts of spring color. Getting a beautiful display of bulbs once temperatures warm takes a bit of planning, however. Find some great cool climate bulb choices in this article.
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Is It Too Late To Plant Bulbs: When To Plant Bulbs
There is no doubt that some of the best deals on spring blooming bulbs happen in late fall. Many people assume this is because it is past the time for when to plant spring bulbs. Not so. Learn more here.
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Bulbs And Blood Meal: Learn About Fertilizing Bulbs With Blood Meal
Blood meal fertilizer, often used for daffodils, tulips, and other flowering bulbs, is inexpensive and easy to use, but it isn’t without its share of problems. Click this article to learn about the pros and cons of fertilizing bulbs with blood meal.
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Flower Bulb Garden Soil – What Soil Do Bulbs Like Best
If you’re starting with a new bulb project and you know where to plant them, it’s important to start with the basics and think about the best soil requirements for bulbs. This article will help with that. Click here for more information on the best bulb garden soil.
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Bulb Health Guide: How To Tell If A Bulb Is Healthy
While in-store and online “end of the season” sales may alleviate cost, it is important that growers know what to look for in terms of ensuring that the bulbs they purchase are healthy, hardy, and likely to grow into beautiful flowers. This article will help.
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Bulb Planting Depth Guidelines: How Deep Should I Plant Bulbs
If you are considering adding bulb plants to your beds this year, you’ll want to get the how-to info well in advance, including site preparation and bulb planting depth. Click here for tips on planting bulbs, including how deep to plant bulbs of different sizes.
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Bulb Plants Are Not Flowering: Reasons Bulbs Won’t Bloom
Tulips and daffodils are the first signs of spring, eagerly anticipated after a long, cold winter. It’s a tremendous disappointment when bulbs are not blooming. There are many possible reasons why your bulb plants are not flowering. Let’s do some investigating here.
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Should You Move Bulbs – When And How To Transplant Bulbs In The Garden
Spring bulbs thrive and often reproduce when planted in ideal locations of the landscape. However, one common issue with these plants results from a lack of bloom. Luckily, moving flower bulbs may be a simple solution to this problem. This article can help.
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Growing Stinzen Flowers: Popular Stinzen Plant Varieties
Stinzen plants are considered vintage bulbs, dating back to the 15th century, but the word wasn't commonly used until the mid-1800s. Some information on stinzen plant varieties will help you decide which of these historical bulbs is right for you. Learn more here.
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Flower Bulb Division: How And When To Divide Plant Bulbs
Flowering bulbs are a fantastic asset to any garden. But sometimes even bulbs need a little help to keep the plants healthy and blooming reliably each year, especially if they become crowded. This article has additional information about how to divide flower bulbs.
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Forcing Bulbs In Winter - How To Force A Bulb Inside Your Home
Forcing bulbs in winter is a wonderful way to bring a little spring into the house a little early. Forcing bulbs indoors is easy to do, whether you are forcing bulbs in water or in soil. Read here to learn more.
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Preparing Soil For Bulbs And Fertilizing Bulbs
Even though bulbs store food for themselves, you need to help them out at planting time by preparing the soil for bulbs. Then, you need to know when to fertilize bulbs after that. This article will help with both.
